scorecardresearch
Add as a preferred source on Google
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
TopicIAS

Topic: IAS

Too many civil servants, too little work: CM Sukhu moves to cut IAS, IPS cadres in HP, save ‘Rs 200 cr’

With a relatively high bureaucratic density and strained state finances, Himachal Pradesh chief minister believes downsizing will save hill state a lot of money.

Another churn in education ministry, higher education secretary replaced 17 days after appointment

Deepti Gaur Mukherjee replaces Naresh Pal Gangwar, who was appointed the secy on 23 July at the peak of the anti-paper leak protests by students at the Capital’s Jantar Mantar.

Bihar man posing as NSA Ajit Doval’s ‘covert agent’ arrested. Has a Tesla, a pool & Rs 100 crore assets

Manish Kumar Gupta would also allegedly pose as IAS officer and tell govt officials he could make corruption cases disappear for a tidy sum, even ran a jobs-for-money racket.

JPSC exam leak probe: Jharkhand CID arrests employees of former commission chief, outsourcing firm

19 held so far in connection with irregularities linked to 14th JPSC Combined Civil Services Exam. Protests intensify against delays, leaks & lack of transparency in state’s recruitment system.

226 sanctioned posts, shortfall of 44: Haryana’s IAS shortage set to worsen with 8 retirements

With 20% shortage, officers hold charges across departments & cities. 2007-batch officers are being handed Administrative Secretary-level charges, usually helmed by much senior officers.

Despite Himachal ban on re-employing govt retirees, CM Sukhu’s principal adviser gets another extension

What makes latest extension politically interesting is that Singh is the officer Sukhu had targeted with serious allegations when he was Leader of Oppn.

UP woman arrested for posing as IAS officer to marry, then extorting husband

The accused, identified as Sadhana, was arrested Monday from Budaun district, produced before a court Tuesday and remanded to judicial custody.

UP IAS Rinku Rahi back in eye of controversy after ‘scuffle’ with BJP block chief in Jalaun, transfer

Verbal spat alleged by BJP leader to have morphed into ‘pushing’ and ‘blow' by the SDM on 23 June at a cold storage facility. Rahi was posted as SDM (Judicial), Orai Tuesday.

IDFC First Bank fraud: Haryana IAS officer Pardeep Kumar, on the run for days, seeks anticipatory bail

Kumar, a 2011-batch HCS-promoted IAS officer, has been missing from his residence for several days. A CBI team had gone to his home to arrest him but found him absent, and his phone turned off

Haryana seeks second one-year extension for Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi, citing need for continuity

If Centre approves, Rastogi will continue as state’s top civil servant till June 2027, which would effectively close elevation options for many other senior IAS officers in Haryana cadre.

On Camera

Indian politicians need to learn to take a joke

From stand-up comics facing FIRs to political leaders bristling at memes, India remains deeply uncomfortable with the freedom to mock.

Chinese imports are fuelling India’s export growth, from smartphones to pharma

A look at the latest data from the Ministry of Commerce & Industry shows imports rising faster than exports, as Indian firms continue to rely on Chinese components for manufacturing.

Hafiz Saeed’s Muridke headquarters was hit by woman fighter pilot during Op Sindoor

ThePrint has learnt that more than one woman fighter pilot were involved in targeting military locations during the 87-hour conflict with Pakistan last year.

Gen Vaidya won 2 Maha Vir Chakras, fell to assassins’ bullets 40 yrs ago. India forgot a great soldier

Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman